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fine-tune
[ fahyn-toon, -tyoon ]
verb (used with object)
- to tune (a radio or television receiver) to produce the optimum reception for the desired station or channel by adjusting a control knob or bar.
- to make minor adjustments in so as to produce stability, improvement, or the precise results desired:
to fine-tune the nation's economy.
fine-tune
verb
- tr to make fine adjustments to (something) in order to obtain optimum performance
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Other Words From
- fine-tuner noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fine-tune1
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Example Sentences
Trying to fine-tune all that to a desired end is not only a form of madness but doomed to failure.
After appearing in several plays, Chastain was accepted into the prestigious Juilliard School in order to fine-tune her craft.
Gow has published a variation of this fine tune as his own composition, which he calls “The Princess Augusta.”
Rory put a pucker on his mouth and played a little of the fine tune.
Of the infinite number of verses to this fine tune hardly one is printable.
This fine tune—in the first Mode—was always a great favourite.
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